hey this is my first entrance... (topic)
I kno its SKYLINES only but i wanna get a supra and i ve been reading up about importing it and I ve been browising these forums for quite some time now..
but i found a dead cheap supra on ebay and i just wanna knnow if it is worth gettting it..
thats the item description...
" You are bidding on a REPAIRABLE WRITE OFF SUPRA 1995. I'll try and be as accurate as possible but if you have any queries just email me.
I bought this car as a write off from fowles auctions Melbourne over 2 years ago and never got around to finishing it for reasons i will state below, its just sitting in my yard and I have no intention of finishing it. I have spent over 16,000 on it thus far.
It was repaired by Performance Crash Repairs in Adelaide with receipts. It was very hard to find the parts for this car and the repairer took his sweet time to getting around to it, but in the end it was a pretty good job and the panels align dead straight.
After getting it back from the repairer i found the car would not start due to an electrical problem. I replaced a lot of the key electrical components but still nothing..
I took it to an auto electrician which found out it was a dry solder joint in the instrument cluster. And 400 bucks later it starts without a problem.
As i was putting the rest of the little bits and pieces back together I found that the brake master no longer works, and possibly the clutch master. So after almost 2 years I just had enough with it.
So now to the good and bad and what needs to be done:
GOOD:
Starts, good compression in all cylinders
only 125,000 km on it roughly I believe as this was the date on the service sticker on the windshield when i got the car. Though the current cluster shows 150,000 but this is a replacement cluster as the original was stolen during transport to Adelaide.
Panels all straight and freshly resprayed 2 years ago.
Has receipts for parts and repairs including vin numbers etc..
Car is complied.
its the 95 model with the larger brakes etc..
can be registered still.
BAD:
Needs a windshield, bonnet release cable, airbox enclosure.
It starts ok but when it warms up the car will chug and stall, I believe this is due to the missing air temp sensor on the airbox enclsure which i dont have.
interior could do with a bit of a clean.
comes with 3 mags and a space saver as the 4th mag was damaged when i got it.
Have a look at the pics or come have a look at the car if you are interested, I don't have a battery in it at the moment but i will try and get one by sunday so i can start it up if anyone is interested.
Would make a cheap daily just finish off the bits and pieces and get it registered or a cheap track car, just drop in a 2JZ-GTE.
One of the pics shows it is missing a side skirt but i have it just havent put it on the car.
I just dont have the patience for this anymore, everytime i fixed something I found another problem, as a result i cant be bothered to look for a brake master and airbox, bonnet cable... this car has cost me too much and just want to cut my losses and start over. I will update then when i think of more things.
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direct quote of the descrpition
now is it worth it.. paying 3 grand(bargainign it down) and then investing another 5-6g to get it working?
SORRY IF IM OFF TOPIC HERE ITS MY 1ST TIME
thanks in advance
